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Colin Farrell stands behind co-star Taylor Kitsch while filming scenes for the highly-anticipated second season of True Detective on Thursday afternoon (February 12) in Los Angeles.

The guys were joined on set for the scene by Rachel McAdams, who also donned a bulletproof vest.

“This one’s very different, though,” their co-star Vince Vaughn recently told Playboy about the new season. “It’s a totally different story, with its own characters. The thing that’s consistent is the richness of the characters and the quality of the material. That was Louisiana. This is a California-based story, and it was kind of birthed from here. A lot of it is set in Los Angeles.”

“I will throw my hair up in a little scrunchie every now and then just to keep it out of my face. I don’t spend much time daily on personal grooming. I wasn’t aware that it’s such a movement toward the man bun. I’m practical in setting trends,” Colin shared to People.

Colin recently chatted about how excited he was to be part of True Detective.

“I just have such a love for the script and Nick Pizzolatto’s writing. He’s just an extraordinary writer and creates not only incredible characters, but incredible and very specific worlds. Like regarding the sensibility of a world that the characters inhabit themselves. I’m loving it. We’re halfway through, and it’s all going well so far,” Colin shared to People.

The 36-year-old actress is set for the female lead, and the 33-year-old actor will take on a supporting role alongside Black Box alum Kelly Reilly.

Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn are also set for the show and will play Ray Velcoro and Frank Semyon, respectively. Ray is a a compromised detective whose allegiances are torn and Frank is a career criminal in danger of losing his empire, THR reports.

Rachel will play Ani Bezzerides, a police officer with uncompromising ethics. Taylor will play Paul Woodrugh, a war vet and motorcycle cop running from his past. Kelly is set to play Jordan, Frank’s wife and a former actress.

The eight episode second season will begin shooting soon in California.

“Let your little light shine! I was so moved again, and as always, last night in NY by the African Children’s Choir as we celebrated them and honored my amazing friend Taylor Kitsch with the #Changemakers Award. #ACCNYC2014 #africanchildrenschoir,” Connie posted to Instagram after the event.

On joining True Detective season two: “Yeah, I’m really excited. I’ve just been prepping. It’s been almost a full year since I’ve been on camera, so I’m itching, man. I’m overdue. You’ve just got to grind it out. …”

On taking a year off: “Yeah, I mean it was just showing a lot of patience on my end and turning a lot of stuff down because I wanted to be a part of it. And having this meeting with Nic Pizzolatto, it kind of brought me back to when I was here in New York and why I wanted to be an actor, why you struggle and why you don’t quit. … I loved that first season of it so much. It’s just unlike anything I’ve seen in, you know, I don’t know when. And it was so grounded. It could really happen. This is very similar, and I love that. It makes it more relatable. It makes these guys more real. Nowadays, it takes f–king balls to stand by that and do it that way.”

On starring in a Call of Duty spot: “I’m not a gamer, but I mean it’s hard not to get hooked when you get exposed to it. It’s creepy real!”